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Cattle depredation by puma (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera onca) in central-western Brazil
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2008)
In this study, data on cattle depredation by puma (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera onca) were recorded for six years (1998 - 2003) in a cattle ranch in central-western Brazil. Depredation represented 18.9% of the overall ...
Puma-livestock conflicts in the Americas: a review of the evidence
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-10-24)
Loss of livestock is one of the greatest sources of conflict between humans and large felids worldwide. The puma Puma concolor is the most widespread apex predator in the Americas, and conflicts between this felid and ...
Puma and livestock in central Patagonia (Argentina): from ranchers’ perceptions to predator management
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-01)
We analyzed surveys from 383 ranchers to determine their perceptions of puma damage in Chubut province (Central Patagonia). Thirty-two percent of respondents had a negative perception, while 65% were neutral. Negative ...
Acknowledging Andean Condor predation on livestock, a first step in addressing the human-condor conflict: A commentary to Estrada Pacheco et al. 2020
(Elsevier Science, 2020-05)
In this comment, we emphasize the need to acknowledge that Andean Condors occasionally depart from their scavenging habits to injure or kill young livestock as an important first step to accepting the existence of a ...
Surplus killing by pumas Puma concolor: rumours and facts
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-07-26)
Surplus killing (i.e. predation in which predators kill more prey than necessary to satiate their hunger) appears to be widespread in carnivores and has the potential to exacerbate human–carnivore conflict. Nevertheless, ...
Characterization of puma-livestock conflicts in rangelands of central Argentina
(Royal Society, 2017-12-06)
Livestock predation is one of the major causes of conflicts between humans and pumas (Puma concolor). Using data from interviews with ranchers and kill-site inspections, we characterized puma-livestock conflicts in Villarino ...
Anthropogenic food subsidies hinder the ecological role of wolves: insights for conservation of apex predators in human-modified landscapes
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-03)
In ecologically pristine ecosystems, top-down effects of apex predators play a fundamental role in shaping trophic cascades and structuring ecosystems, but in human-modified landscapes anthropogenic effects may markedly ...